Problem Management Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Problem Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Problem Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 36 44
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 1 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% 2.08% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 2.41% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £423 -
Wales median daily rate - £423 £319
% change year-on-year - +32.55% -36.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Wales median hourly rate - - £18.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Problem Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 273 291 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.90% 86.35% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 168 244
10th Percentile £205 £168 £163
25th Percentile £285 £213 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £503 £556 £588
90th Percentile £613 £689 £650
Wales median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 23
10th Percentile £13.03 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +36.13%
75th Percentile £28.22 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.44%

Problem Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Problem Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Problem Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Problem Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Problem Management

Problem Management
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport - 1 - - 1
Problem Management
Wales

Problem Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS